Siege of Omorphochorius

The Siege of Omorphochorius (1192) was a battle of the Crusades that saw the Ayyubid Sultanate destroy the Jerusalemite town of Omorphochorius in Syria.

Siege
As the Jerusalemite forces withdrew from their failed siege of the Ayyubid city of Ard al-Wahat in Syria, the Ayyubids readied an army for a counterattack; this army, commanded by Ammar Abdullah, consisted of infantry, cavalry, and onagers, and it served a siege purpose. The siege commenced when the Saracens began to attack the retreating Frankish troops on the outskirts of the city, and the Franks were slaughtered as they retreated. The Saracens proceeded to burn down several buildings as the onagers hurled rocks at the Frankish buildings, destroying the church and a town center, among other buildings. The Saracen infantry then burned down the other town center, and the onagers and Ayyubid infantry and cavalry destroyed the farms and massacred the civilians. The battle ultimately ended in a decisive Ayyubid victory, and the Saracens wiped out the Frankish settlement.